ST. PAUL'S IN DANGER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1653, 21 January 1913, Page 5

ST. PAUL'S IN DANGER.

appeal fob funds.

■ —- — . i By TeleEraDJi -Press Assoctation-OoroTieht (Rec. January 20, 11.35 p.m.) London, January 20. /The Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral have' appealed for a preliminary to meet the immediato needs a preserving the Cathedral, and strengthening the fabric.

«*■&: tabs «aa*r ° 0 U f r^'. th « ar °Mt«ct of sava ' Prnm fi letl T r to H* press, « tho end walls o£ tho Catbenm ™,h tii° <°/ th ? tuDDel ' measures Csft., and the bottom is only Cft. abovo «<*?<*> point. Now ,ib i S - S > s - on a™n bed of marl, under which u over. 4-Oft. of loose sands' Tf«, H cth , er h J the' presence of water. If this 13 tapped in any way hubsidenco is.bound to'follow, with what peril,to the Cathedral I care'not to prediet. As tho Cathedral stands, with its vast untied, spaces, its enormous weight brought to earth by a few piers, and its exact equilibrium, it is safe only so .lorn? as tho subsoil remains -undisturbed. No proposal I have heard" of 6hortof nnderprnmng tho whole area of the Cathedral, and, taking the foundations 1 , down 1 to tho clay somo 50ft. below tho present founda™M > ivould. in my opinion, safeguard tdo building. I cannot view so hazardous and an undertaking ■ without the gravest misgivings."